Mark 7 · Verse 27

Mark 7:27

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
Mark 7:27, King James Version

Mark 7:27 in other translations

BSB“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
WEBBut Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
ASVAnd he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.
YLTAnd Jesus said to her, ‘Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the little dogs.'
DARBYBut Jesus said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
BBEAnd he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
WebsterBut Jesus said to her, Let the children first be satisfied: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the dogs.

What does Mark 7:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled--"Is there hope for me here?" "Filled FIRST?" "Then my turn, it seems, is coming!--but then, 'The CHILDREN first?' Ah! when, on that rule, shall my turn ever come!" But ere she has time for these ponderings of His word, another word comes to supplement it. for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs--Is this the death of her hopes? Nay, rather it is life from the dead. Out of the eater shall come forth meat (Jud 14:14). "At evening-time, it shall be light" (Zec 14:7). "Ah! I have it now. Had He kept silence, what could I have done but go unblest? but He hath spoken, and the victory is mine."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 27.

(a) "for it is not" Mt 7:6, 10:5,6

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 7:24-30

Christ never put any from him that fell at his feet, which a poor trembling soul may do. As she was a good woman, so a good mother. This sent her to Christ. His saying, Let the children first be filled, shows that there was mercy for the Gentiles, and not far off. She spoke, not as making light of the mercy, but magnifying the abundance of miraculous cures among the Jews, in comparison with which a single cure was…

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Mark 7:27 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἔλεγενelegenHe was sayingG3004
αὐτῇ·autēato her;G846
ἄφεςaphesdo permitG863
πρῶτονprōtonfirstG4413
χορτασθῆναιchortasthēnaito be satisfiedG5526
τὰtatheG3588
τέκνα·teknachildren;G5043
οὐounotG3756
γάρgarforG1063
ἐστινestinit isG1510
καλὸνkalongoodG2570
λαβεῖνlabeinto takeG2983
τὸνtontheG3588
ἄρτονartonbreadG740
τῶνtōnof theG3588
τέκνωνteknōnchildrenG5043
καὶkaiandG2532
τοῖςtoisto theG3588
κυναρίοιςkunarioisdogsG2952
βαλεῖν.baleinto cast [it].G906

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Cross references for Mark 7:27

  • Matthew 15:23-28

    But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. …

  • Matthew 7:6

    Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

  • Acts 22:21

    And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

  • Matthew 10:5

    These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

  • Ephesians 2:12

    That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

  • Romans 15:8

    Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let.
Mt 7:6; 10:5; 15:23-28; Ac 22:21; Ro 15:8; Eph 2:12

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Context

  • Mark 7:26

    The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

  • Mark 7:27

    But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

  • Mark 7:28

    And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

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Mark 7:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas Jesús le dijo: Deja primero hartarse los hijos, porque no es bien tomar el pan de los hijos y echarlo á los perrillos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jésus lui dit: Laisse premièrement rassasier les enfants; car il ne convient pas de prendre le pain des enfants et de le jeter aux chiens.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jesus aber sprach zu ihr: Laßt zuerst die Kinder gesättigt werden, denn es ist nicht schön, das Brot der Kinder zu nehmen und den Hündlein hinzuwerfen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui dixit illi: Sine prius saturari filios: non est enim bonum sumere panem filiorum, et mittere canibus.